Fence-post.



D. DARLING..

FENCE POST.

. 1910. 968,543. Patented Aug. 30,1910.

DORR DARLING, 0F JONESVILLE, MICHIGAN.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

Application filed April 13, 1910. Serial No. 555,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Donn DARLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jonesville, in the county of Hillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence- Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to metal fence posts of the class in which the post itself is made of angle irons and a base plate is secured at its lower end for anchoring it in the ground.

My object is to provide a post of this kind which can be shipped in a knocked-down condition and which can be readily HSSQDP bled by any unskilled farm laborer, as well as by a mechanic. The post may be separated from the anchor plate just as easily, if it is desired to move the post from one position to another. I also aim to simplify the construction and reduce the cost of manufacture of the post.

My invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is an elevation of a post constructed in accordance with my invention as it appears ready for setting in the ground. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the lower end of the post without the anchor plate. Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of the anchor plate. Fig. 4c is an enlarged horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken above the base plate, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged under plan view of the post, as shown in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates the angle iron post or upright which has three tenonson its lower end. One of these tenons, 2, is arranged at the corner or bend in the angle iron, while the others, 3, are located respectively at the extremities of the two diverging side ,portions of the angle iron. Each of the tenons 3 are shaped like an inverted T having notches 4: entering fromv opposite edges thereof leaving a shank 5 preferably equal in width to the thickness of the metal of which the angle iron is made. The width of the notches is equal to the thickness of the anchor plate 6, presently to be described. The tenon 2 is formed similarly to the tenons 3 except that it is angular by reason of it being located at the bend of the angle iron, that is to say, the tenon 2 has notches 7 therein equal in width to the notches t in the other tenons and leaving a shank 8.

The anchor plate 6 has three slots or mortises formed therein to receive the tenons on the post. The mortises 9 for the tenons 3 are T-shaped, having converging portions 10 respectively conforming to the angles at which the tenons are set, and other portions 11 extending in the same vertical plane and in the same direction from the portions 10. V-shaped portion 13 conforming to the tenon 2 on the post, and a portion 14 extending from theapex of the V-shaped portion in the same direction or parallel to the portions 11 of the mortises 9. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 3, the portions 10 of the mortises 9 and the portion 13 of the mortise 12 are arranged at one side of the center of the anchor plate, and the portions 11 and 1 1 of said mortises extend toward the center of said plate.

It will be readily understood that in as- The other mortise -12 has a sembling the post and anchor plate, the

tenons are introduced or passed through the portions 10 and 13 of the mortises 9 and 12. Then the post is moved to bring it in the center of said plate, during which operation, the shanks 5 and 8 of the tenons travel in the portions 11 and 1 1, respectively, of the mortises 9 and 12. hen in the position illus trated in Figs. 4 and 5, the post will be locked to the plate by the'heads of the T- shaped tenons. Keys or blocks 15 are placed in one or more of the mortises to retain the post in its locked position, that is, with the shanks of its tenons at the extremities of the portions 11 and 1 1 of the mortises. These keys or wedges may be quickly inserted and as quickly removed so that the post and anchor plate can be assembled and taken apart very expeditiously and Without the exercise of any mechanical skill.

I am aware that changes may be made in the details of construction herein shown and described without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention. I, therefore, reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination, with an upright made of angle iron and having a plurality of tenons formed on its lower end, one of said tenons being arranged at the bend of said angle iron, of an anchor plate provided with correspondingly arranged mortises into which said tenons are adapted to be inserted, and means to retain said tenons in said mortises.

2. The combination, with an upright made of angle iron and having a plurality of tenons formed on its lower end, one of said tenons being arranged at the bend of said angle iron and another at the extremity of each side thereof, of an anchor plate provided with correspondingly arranged mortises into which said tenons are adapted to be inserted, and means to retain said tenons in said mortises.

3. The combination, with an upright made of angle iron and having three tenons formed on its lower end, one of said tenons being arranged at the bend of said angle iron and another at the extremity of each side thereof, of an anchor plate provided with correspondingly arranged mortises into which said tenons are adapted to be inserted, and means to retain said tenons in said mortises.

4. The combination, with an upright made of angle iron and having a plurality of inverted T-shaped tenons formed on its lower end and arranged at different angles, of an anchor plate provided with corresponding mortises into which said tenons are adapted to be inserted, each of said mortises having an extension into'which the shank of its tenon may be moved for the purpose of locking the upright to the anchor plate, all of said extensions being parallel to one another and extending in the same direction.

5. The combination, with an upright made of angle iron and having a plurality of inverted T-shaped tenons formed on its lower end, one of said tenons being arranged at the bend of the angle iron, of an anchor plate provided with corresponding mortises into which said tenons are adapted to be inserted, each of said mortises having an extension into which the shank of its tenon may be moved for the purpose of locking the upright to the anchor plate.

6. The combination, with an upright made of angle iron and having a plurality of inverted T-shaped tenons formed on its lower end, one of said tenons being arranged at the bend of said angle iron and another at the extremity of each side thereof, of an anchor plate provided with corresponding mortises into which said tenons are adapted to be inserted, each of said mortises having an extension into which the shank of its tenon may be moved for the purpose of locking the upright to the anchor plate.

7 The combination, with an upright made of angle iron and having a plurality of inverted T-shaped tenons formed on its lower end, of an anchor plate provided with corresponding mortises into which said tenons are adapted to be inserted, each of said mortises having an extension into which the shank of its tenon may be moved for the purpose of locking the upright to the anchor plate, and means to retain said shanks in said extensions.

8. The combination, with an upright made of angle iron and having a plurality of inverted T-shaped tenons formed on its lower end, of an anchor plate provided with corresponding mortises into which said tenons are adapted to be inserted, each of said mortises having an extension into which the shank of its tenon may be moved for the purpose of locking the upright to the anchor plate, and keys adapted to be inserted in said mortises for retaining said shanks in the extensions thereof.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture, in presence of two witnesses.

DORR DARLING. lVitnesses WM. M. RANSOM, L. A. DARLING. 

